If you’re passionate about welcoming wildlife to your yard, you may be a candidate to become a certified habitat steward volunteer with the National Wildlife Federation.
Habitat steward volunteers promote and encourage watershed protection and help people create backyard habitats that are environmentally healthy and wildlife friendly.
Training for volunteers starts March 31. Registrations are due Wednesday.
Classes will meet from 6:30 to 9 p.m. March 31 and April 2, 7 and 9 at Brecksville Community Center, 1 Community Drive (off state Route 21). In addition, the trainees will take field trips from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. April 5 and 12.
The registration fee is $40. To sign up, call the Cuyahoga Soil & Water Conservation District office at 216-524-6580, ext. 22, or email aroskilly@cuyahogaswcd.org.
More information is at www.cuyahogaswcd.org.
Dream home contest
Your dream home could cost you $100.
That’s the price of a ticket for the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway, which will award a house in Avon worth an estimated $400,000.
The fundraiser benefits St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.
Tickets go on sale Wednesday. If you’re interested, be prepared to act fast. Last year, tickets sold out in six hours, spokeswoman Morgan Kuhn said.
Details and a link to online sales will be at www.stjude.org/dhcleveland. You’ll also be able to order by phone at 800-834-5786.
Last year’s dream home was won by a Barberton resident, Joe Perry.
Events, programs
• Cleveland Home + Remodeling Expo, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, Cleveland Convention Center, 300 Lakeside Ave. Vendor displays, room vignettes, Ultimate Garage, Outdoor Living Oasis. Appearances today by Nicole Curtis of Rehab Addict; Ty Pennington, formerly of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition; and Canadian television personality Ramsin Khachi. Tickets $10 at the door or $8 in advance at www.homeandremodelingexpo.com, Discount Drug Mart stores or AAA locations. Seniors 65 and older, $8. Children 6 to 12, $5. Younger children, free. Military members and veterans with military ID admitted free today only.
• Knitting and Crocheting Circle meetings, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, Highland Library, 4160 Ridge Road, Granger Township, Medina County (330-278-4271 or 330-239-2674); 10 a.m. Tuesday, Brunswick Library, 3649 Center Road (330-273-4150); and 6 p.m. Thursday, Seville Library, 45 N. Center St. (330-769-2852).
• Knitty Gritters knitting club meeting, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Lake Community Branch of Stark County District Library, 11955 Market Ave. N, Lake Township. 330-877-9975.
• Scrapbooking, 6 p.m. Monday, Brunswick Library, 3649 Center Road. Create four scrapbook pages. Bring adhesive. $8. Register at the library or at www.mcdl.info/events.
• Glass Fusion Workshop, 6 p.m. Thursday, Buckeye Library, 6625 Wolff Road, York Township, Medina County. Make a glass pendant. $15. Register at the library or at www.mcdl.info/events.
• Log Cabin Your Way, 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Quirk Cultural Center, 1201 Grant Ave., Cuyahoga Falls. One-night quilting class on making the log cabin pattern in a variety of ways. Residents $10, others $12. Registration: 330-971-8425 or 330-971-8225.
• Fiber art classes, Historic Sewing House, 221 W. Third St., Zoar. T-shirt Weaving Class, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday. Bring seven to nine old T-shirts to weave into a rug. $65. Weaving Class, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday. Weave a rag rug using a two-harness loom. $65. Rug Hooking Class, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 29. Learn rug hooking basics. $85. Registration: 330-874-3011 or 800-262-6195. Information: http://historiczoarvillage.com/events.
• Fiber CAFE (Center for Alternative Fiber Experience), 10 a.m. to noon next Saturday, Peninsula Art Academy, 1600 W. Mill St. Share a project or technique or get advice. 330-657-2248.
• Gardening and landscaping programs, next Saturday, Graf Growers Garden Center, 1015 White Pond Drive, Copley Township. Insider Tips From the Files of our Landscape Designers, 10 a.m.; $10. Terrarium Workshop, 1 p.m.; instruction and potting soil are free, but participants pay for the materials they use. Registration for either program: 330-836-2727 or karlie@grafgrowers.com.
• Bonsai Basics & Beyond, 11 a.m. next Saturday, Donzell’s Flower & Garden Center, 937 E. Waterloo Road, Akron. Program by Dale Cochoy of Akron Canton Bonsai Society. Free, but reservations are requested at 330-724-0550, ext. 110. Details in the Events section of http://donzells-gales.com.
• Caring for Your Collections, Workshop II, 2-4 p.m. March 25, Shaker Historical Society, 16740 South Park Blvd., Shaker Heights. Bring one textile object and learn conservation methods for cleaning. Members $5, others $15. Register by Friday at 216-921-1201 or wpetznick@shakershistory.org.
• Selling Timber? Consider This, 6-9 p.m. March 25, University of Akron’s Medina County University Center, Room 311, 6300 Technology Lane, Lafayette Township. $15. Register by Friday at 614-688-3421, ohiowoods@osu.edu or http://woodlandstewards.osu.edu.
Submit notices of classes, programs and events two weeks in advance to mbrecken@thebeaconjournal.com or Home and Garden News, Features Department, Akron Beacon Journal, P.O. Box 640, Akron, OH 44309-0640. Please include name and phone number. All events must be open to the public.
Mary Beth Breckenridge can be reached at 330-996-3756 or mbrecken@thebeaconjournal.com. You can also become a fan on Facebook at http://tinyurl.com/mbbreck, follow her on Twitter @MBBreckABJ and read her blog at www.ohio.com/blogs/mary-beth.